Pop Has Eaten Me

As you can see I've given the old blog a fresh coat of paint and with it I've gained some perspective. When I started this blog, I had just come off an enjoyable but unsuccessful run in independent film as a writer and producer. I thought the blog would be an outlet for my writing and it certainly has been. However, somewhere along the line I stopped thinking of popwilleatme.com as an outlet for my writing and more as a second job complete with income possibilities. Over the last few years I've junked up the blog with ads, t-shirts, and more ads all in the name of making a few bucks. Also I've treated my writing as a chore instead of a joy. Take for example the fact that I recently tried to cover three reality shows in weekly columns. Reality shows tend to be easy topics as they are filled with idiots and drama, but they also demand quick turnaround from viewing to posting. Back in the day I focused on more on movies and narrative TV shows. Now I've become a slave to reality TV and I think it shows in my writing and my enthusiasm.

With that said, popwilleatme.com will still exist and I still plan to post often, but I'm going to focus more on quality and less on quantity. The greatest joy I've had in recent months has been writing my restaurant reviews. These will certainly continue even though I know many loyal readers live outside the Midwest haunts I frequent. Also if you've grown to appreciate my rants on reality TV, don't worry. Just because I'm not going to write weekly columns, that doesn't mean I'm axing reality shows out of my diet. Beside the occasional column I'll certainly be tweeting up a storm at twitter.com/popwilleatme on reality shows and all other manners of pop culture.

"Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning."- Sir Winston Churchill

“If reality TV has taught us anything, it's that you can't keep people with no shame down.”- Liz Lemon